Building on the analytical framework and consolidated country database developed for The State of Access to Modern Energy Cooking Services report, the Clean Cooking Planning Tool (CCPT) is designed to help energy planners, decision makers, program developers, and researchers visualize potential transition pathways to universal access to clean cooking solutions by 2030. For a selected country or re...

Provision of clean cooking for all is recognized as a critical cross-sectoral development issue. The potential societal benefits are enormous, particularly for public health, women’s productivity and empowerment, and the environment. Along with electrification, clean cooking is an essential component to achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 7.1 - ensuring universal access to affordab...

Improving global cooking conditions is a primary focus of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, which aims to ‘ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.’ Compared to other SDG 7 targets, however, there has been little progress in expanding access to modern cooking and heating technologies. Nearly 3 billion people still lack modern cooking and heating resou...

ENERGYDATA.INFO is an open data platform providing access to datasets and data analytics that are relevant to the energy sector. ENERGYDATA.INFO has been developed as a public good available to governments, development organizations, private sector, non-governmental organizations, academia, civil society and individuals to share data and analytics that can help achieving the United Nations’ Sustai...

This interactive webpage shows the results worldwide from the Energy Progress Report, related to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy):Population with access to electricity in both rural and urban areas in each country from 2000-2023Population with access to clean cooking fuels and technologies in each country from 2000-2023Share of renewables in the total...

Cookstoves vary greatly in technical performance across models and modifications. In order to measure the benefits of improved cookstoves and to allow for comparisons between models, it is necessary to conduct tests. For this, a definition what constitutes an improved cooking stove is mandatory. And only with a harmonized approach and benchmark according to international regulations stove testing ...

EnDev has published a guide on the inclusive design of RBF projects, drawing on its extensive experience with the topic. This guide offers insights into how various aspects of the Leave No One Behind (LNOB) principle, including gender considerations, can be integrated into the planning and implementation of energy access initiatives. Aimed at practitioners in the sector, the guide explores strateg...

The goal of this paper is to identify, systematize and disseminate inspirational best practices, successful tools, strategies, activities and approaches to promote behavioural change towards the adoption and sustained use of cleaner cooking solutionsamong low-income households and communities in developing countries.Cooking behaviour in a specific place or community is determined by many and often...

Africa’s development blueprint: Agenda 2063 seeks to transform the continent into a global powerhouse. The transformation should among other things deliver an inclusive and sustainable development by leveraging on the immerse natural and human resources in the continent. Against this backdrop of ambition an often-neglected contributor to a healthy economy is therole of clean cooking services in su...

Crop residue burning (CRB) poses a serious threat to the climate, soil fertility, human health and wellbeing, and air quality, which increases mortality rates and slumps agricultural productivity. This study conducts a pan-India analysis of CRB burning based on the spatial characteristic of crop residue management practices and analyzes the linkage among health, agriculture value addition, and reg...